V Will Rock You

Chunky Vazirani’s hypercar, Shul, has been work in progress ever since it debuted in 2018, but now his latest car, E-Konk, which derives its name from the word, Ek Onkar, and means “One Energy,” is in the News again. We caught up with Chunky Vazirani, at his design studio, in one of Andheri’s bustling industrial estates, where he and his team were busy burning the midnight oil, readying the new electric cars, and boy, did he have the most electrifying things to say.  Vazirani who went to school in Mumbai’s posh suburb, Juhu, chose Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA, after Class XII to study Design. His interest in design took him to various OEMs around the world which included Yamaha, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, and Rolls Royce. “At Yamaha I was sketching more objects on two wheels as opposed to four wheels,” says Vazirani, after which he went to work with Volvo for a bit when “things at Volvo were on the cusp of change” in terms of their brand language. “There was lots of ideating, a lot of figuring out and rebranding, so it was a really fun time,” he says.  Next, Vazirani headed to Land Rover in the UK. “When